Stay away from Mali and be transparent about the risks. That’s the advice Stephen Saideman would give to Canada’s Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan as he weighs his options for a yet-to-be-announced peacekeeping mission in Africa. “I’d warn him off Mali,”…»
Highlights/Africa
International, Politics, Society
Conservatives challenge Trudeau on Africa peacekeeping mission
A plan by the Liberal government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to deploy Canadian peacekeepers on a yet-to-be-disclosed peacekeeping mission somewhere in sub-Saharan Africa drew heavy fire from the opposition Conservatives as Parliament resumed Monday. The conflicts in sub-Saharan Africa…»
People with albinism murdered, dismembered in Africa
Many people with albinism in sub-Saharan Africa are living in terror. Since November 2014, at least 18 of them have been killed and at least five are missing in Malawi alone. A Canadian group is planning a campaign to counter the…»
Almost 1M African children need urgent malnutrition treatment: UNICEF
Almost one million children in Eastern and Southern Africa need urgent treatment for the most severe forms of malnutrition, UNICEF said Wednesday. “It’s a pretty calamitous combination of what’s really been erratic rainfall for a couple of years and drought, and…»
Canadian firm SNC-Lavalin settles corruption case
SNC-Lavalin settled a corruption case brought against it by the African Development Bank Group by agreeing to $1.5 million and accept certain undisclosed conditions. Illicit payments not denied The regional development bank said former employees of the large, Canadian engineering…»
Environment, International, Internet, Science and Technology
Predators, prey, and the mathematics of nature
Science has long presumed, and taught, that when the numbers of prey increase, the number of predators increase in a linear relationship. New research says that’s not actually the case at all, that a doubling of prey does not result…»
Economy, Health, International, Society
Mathematics, networks and the spread of HIV in Africa
An economics professor in Ottawa has studied the spread of Aids in Africa from a new perspective. Roland Pongou saw first hand the devastating effects of HIV/AIDS in his native Cameroon. He is now with the Faculty of Social Sciences at…»
Economy, Environment, Politics, Society
North-South Institute holds international conference on governing Africa’s natural resources
This Thursday and Friday (May 9-10) Canada’s North South Institute is hosting an international forum titled Governing Natural Resources for Africa’s Development. The Institute, which focuses on international development around the world, has invited senior Canadian and African policymakers and…»
African parasitic disease tackled by Alberta researcher
Its called schistosomiosis and it affects more than 200 million people worlwide. It’s common in Asia and South America, but most cases are in sub-Saharan Africa. It’s a chronic disease, in which a small parasite enters the skin and develops…»
UN regrets Canada’s withdrawal from drought convention
The United Nations has reacted to the decision by the Harper government to pull out of the Convention to Combat Desertification by calling it “regrettable.” On Thursday, foreign Affairs Minister John Baird called the entire process a “talkfest” that does…»
Economy, Environment, Indigenous, International, Society
A Cape Breton First Nation and an aquaculture giant gear for success
